Plow.



UNTTED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

ED\VARD FOWLER, OF CEDAR GROVE, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO THOMASB. SIMMONS AND JESSE L. SIMMONS, OF SAME PLACE.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 657,654, dated September11, 1900.

Application filed February '7, 1900. Serial No. 4,418. (No model.)

To n/ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD FOWLER, a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Cedar Grove, in the county of Walker and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which thefollowing' is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to disk plows; and it consistsof certain improve to ments, which will hereinafter be more fully setout.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view looking toward the frontof the lower portion of a plow embodying my invention.

I5 Fig. 2 is a diagram illust-rating the angular set ot' the disk. Fig.3 is a perspective view of the journal-bearing and carrying-bar of thedisk, and Fig. at is a cross-sectional View' of the saine.

2o The plow-beam has a downwardlyv and forwardly extending' standard 2,said beam and standard being substantially I -shaped in cross-section.The standard is provided with a series of bolt openings or holes 32 Therunner or landside is secured to the foot of the standard adjustably, asshown and described in my application above referred to, while theshin-board 4 is of a construction shown and described in an applicationiiled 3o by me of even date herewith, said board being provided with ashoulder 5, to be hereinafter referred to.

6 is a plate provided with an elongated lug or projection 7 on its rearface at each end,

between which is formed a waved portion S, said plate being provided ateach end with bolt-openings 9.

10 is a journal secured to the plate 6 in any suitable manner, saidbearing being ta- 4o pered from end to end.

l1 is a V-shaped groove or notch cut in the wall of the bearing 10,which is a continuation of the groove 12, formed in the plate 6. 13 is agroove formed in the plate 6 around the larger end of thejournal-bearing, said groove increasing in depth from end to end.

14 is a journal secured in the journal-bearing 10 by means of the nut15, and 16 is a disk concaved and secured to the journal 14,

5o the periphery of the disk working against the shoulder 5 of theshin-board, as more fully described in my application tiled of even dateherewith.

The plate 6 is secured to the standard 2by means of the bolts 17,passing through the boltopenings 9 at cach end of said plate, theelongated lugs or projections 7 and thegrooves 12 of the plate 6, andthe V-shaped groove 1l of the journal-bearing conforming to the outlineof the standard 2. The respective grooves 6o in the plate 6 andjournal-bearing 10 are out in said members on an angle and at a pointthat when said plate is secured to the standard as described will setthe disk 16 in such position that it (the disk) flares outward from theline of draft to the rear at an angle of forty degrees, while the top ofthe disk will be at an angle of about twenty degrees to the vertical,and this angle will be retained throughout the vertical adjustment ofthe 7o disk and plate 6 on the standard 2 by means of the grooves 12 and11, respectively. The plate 6 being set in a position out of thevertical would have a tendency to twist the journal and the disk intheir predetermined positions, and to overcome this tendency Iprovidesaid plate with the groove 13, increasing in depth from the bottomtoward the top, following the angle of the set of said disk and itsjournal-bearing. 8o

As hereinbefore stated, the disk 16 is set at an angle of about fortydegrees to the line of draft, whereby the furrow is more thoroughlybroken up and turned. It has been found in actual practice that a diskset at the angle stated gives the earth a boiling action, thus renderingthis plow especially effective in turf-land. The disk leans backward atan angle of about twenty degrees to a vertical plane, thereby causingthe disk to suck or 9o draw under the ground when in operation. Thisdrawing or sucking action is especially desirable in hard or turf land,inasmuch as it holds the plow down on the bottom of the furrow withoutextra labor on the part of the operator, thereby dispensing with theeXtra weight-that is now utilized in disk plows Yfor holding-downpurposes.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a plow of the character described, the combination with thestandard of a plate having grooves extending lengthwise, ajournalbearing securedy to said plate, and a Vshaped groove formed' inthe outside of said bearing as a continuation `of one of the grooves onsaid plate.

2. In a plow of the character described, the combination with thestandard of aplate adj ustablysecured on thesame, a journal-bearingsecured on said plate tapering from end to end, a groove increasing indepth from end to end formed around the larger end of said bearing and ajournal carrying a disk.

3. In a plow of the character described, the

Combination with the standard of a plate adjustable on said' standard,grooves extending lengthwise of said plate, a journal-bearing secured tosaid plate, a V-shaped groove formed in the outside of said bearing as acontinuation of one of the grooves on said plate and a groove increasingin depth from end to end formed around one end of the journal-bearing,and a journal carrying a disk.

EDWARD FOWLER. Witnesses:

EDWIN S. CLARKSON, KATHERINE E. MANNING.

